Kate – this is the very first picture we ever took of you…the very first moment you saw us…the very instant we became a family.  We all cried in the minutes that followed…your mom and I because we had waited a lifetime to find you and reunite our souls…and you, well perhaps to grieve your original loss one last time and shed cleansing tears: forgiveness seeking peace. All of us looking into each others tear soaked eyes trying to make sense of all the events that brought us to this magical moment…so beyond reason and sense that you were abandoned here at this place…so beyond comprehension the cosmic algorithm that conspired to ensure you would find us too…so immediately evident that WE had been a family separated – and now rightfully together again.  How we had waited and dreamed of the first moment we would see you…somehow convinced it might not happen – troubled by our own worthiness and faith…and then once together in each others embrace so incredibly thankful and relieved. Together we consumed these powerfully evident moments of the divine and sacred – our bonds revealed, made and blessed all in the same instant.  Your plea, so present and resonant in your eyes, was powerful and clear…we affirmed our love and devotion to you over and over…your tiny little grip on us your confirmation of the same.  Soon you fell asleep in my arms and we all walked together away…severing any remaining ties to our past pains and sadness…and upon your waking we were all reborn.

Photo by Tannis Shaw (2008)

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Lawrence Lewis

“A picture is a poem without words.” – Horace

About Lawrence Lewis

I do a number of things professionally...but most of all and the true purpose of what I do through "my work" is to provide for my family, be a good husband and great father, and try to make a difference as a world citizen...I guess it's not much more complicated than that 🙂